2025
Yearly Archives: 2025
First and third Saturdays, the San Francisco Muslim Community Center offers free produce at...
We serve Muslims through prayer, study and counseling. We also serve the broader community through food distribution, educational programs and recovery support.
Justice for Kevin Epps, San Francisco’s Native Son
It is in the discretion of DA Brooke Jenkins to drop this case, and justice would be better served if she did — its continuation means that it is not only Kevin Epps who stands on trial, but the city that raised him.
Hands Off Cuba: Los Angeles co-founder Brenda Lopez speaks
For 30 years now we have seen the rest of the world side with Cuba. Most of the world sees the US for what it really is, and it has mostly isolated itself in order to try to continue to be at the top of the world.
Reach inside and touch someone: Answering official lies about cell phones in prisons
Cell phone in prison
by Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson
For years, prisoncrats have been building momentum behind pushing for laws to authorize installing cell phone jammers in...
Homecoming Project for returning prisoners expands to San Francisco
The Homecoming project is already active in Alameda, West Contra Costa and L.A. counties — matches formerly incarcerated individuals with eligible homeowners who provide a safe living space in exchange for monthly income.
11-year-old’s Black-owned doll brand makes Amazon’s Toy Book for 5th year in a row
Wouldn’t someone on your gift list love to play and cuddle with a little “sister” who looks just like her? Go to OrijinBees.com to please and empower her!
AfroSolo@32 Finale
Thomas Robert Simpson facilitated this amazing event. He also is a local organizer of community events in San Francisco.
Society of Professional Journalists honors SF Bay View Executive Editor Kevin Epps with Silver...
SF Bay View Executive Editor Kevin Epps will receive the Silver Heart Award at the Society of Professional Journalists' 40th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards on Nov. 13.
Cuba in the clutches of Hurricane Melissa and US-imposed blockade
Hurricane Melissa has had a devastating impact on eastern Cuba. Cuba has found creative ways to survive and move forward despite enormous obstacles and just got overwhelming support from the UN to end the US blockade.
Hear Congresswoman Lateefah Simon, the People’s Champ, warn us about attacks on food and...
by the People's Minister of Information JR Valrey
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon discusses in intricate detail what is behind the current government shutdown. On topic, she...
Alabama’s Black Sea: Limestone’s B-Yard
The HBO original documentary “The Alabama Solution,” which premiered at Sundance and debuted on HBO Oct. 10, 2025, uses prisoners’ footage “leaked” out of Alabama prisons.
The life path that led me to meet Assata Shakur
You could look in her eyes and feel her dedication to the liberation of Black people in the US, her passion for righteousness, and her justified rage at oppression. You could sense a revolutionary razor sharp mind and a heart bigger than Africa.
Cuba addresses US-sponsored terrorism in the Caribbean, in the US mainstream media and against...
For decades, Cuba has treated healthcare as a basic human right. International donations are a key support for this system. They remind us that health is a global good, something that should never be held hostage to geopolitics or sanctions.
Survival requires sacrifice
You are invited to celebrate Dr. Willie Ratcliff's 93rd birthday - then stay for a brainstorming session on how we can keep the SF Bay View newspaper alive and kicking! It's this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 6-8 p.m., at the Ruth Williams Opera House, 4705 3rd St., San Francisco. Your ideas are needed.
Gateway from Hell
“This is very serious. Please do not consider Prologis!" Rachelle Holmes told the SF Planning Commission. On Sept. 25, the Commission may vote on whether to grant a Special Use District that allows this project to bypass key environmental protections.
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee commends the Oakland International Film Festival – RUNNING NOW, Sept....
By celebrating independent and underrepresented filmmakers worldwide, OIFF not only uplifts diverse voices but also strengthens Oakland’s reputation as a destination for the arts, tourism and innovation.
People’s Arms Embargo Campaign: No weapons from Oakland to Israel
Since January 2025, at least 280 military cargo shipments have left the Oakland airport destined for Israel to continuously drop bombs on the people of Gaza.
District 10 organizing is back
“Gone are the days we looked to other people to take care of us,” said Kenisha Roach. “We need the community to buy back into itself. It’s unity or death.”
Missing windows, broken locks: Hunters Point residents come home after renovations
“I’m a union painter,” said Tory Carpenter. He had worked on the 2007 renovations under AIMCO. “That job was union. This one isn’t. They’re using the cheapest labor and cheapest materials.”
Free C-Note in Black August
C-Note’s continued imprisonment is a moral failure .His art, advocacy and rehabilitative record demand his immediate release!